Brush support



Patented Oct. 19, 1948 UNITED STATES e'rsNT oFFlcE BRUSH SUPPORT HermanJonah Dunn, New Haven, Conn.

Application July 5, 1946, Serial No. 681,509

. 1 Claim.

My invention relates to brush supports and is particularly adapted foruse for supporting paint and paste brushes over pails.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of the manner in which the device of myinvention may be attached to a paint or paste pail for the purpose ofsupporting a brush.

Fig. 2 is a view of a modified form of my novel device, and

Fig. 3 i-s a view of the embodiment of one form of my invention as shownin Fig. 1.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Fig. 1, my inventionis herein shown and described as being constructed chieiiy of heavy wirebent into proper shape. It is to be understood, however, that othersuitable material may be used in the construction of the device.

Thus, my invention is shown supporting a brush I over a paint or pastepail 2 and comprises an integral piece or wire bent to a substantiallyU-shaped form consisting of a horizontal portion 4, vertical legs 3 andbeing rebent at 5 to form a pair of downwardly disposed elements 6.Elements 6 are in substantially parallel relation to vertical legs 3,but are less rebent as at 1 in Fig. 1 in an upward direction and in theplane of the remainder of the device to form a loop as shown.

In use, the device is applied so as to clamp the wall of the pail 2between the loop formed by vertical legs 3 and downwardly disposedelements 6. The paint brush l then rests upon the horizontal portion ofthe device disposed over the contents within the pail 2. This embodimentof my invention is shown in more detail in Fig. 3.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing is similar to that shownin Figs. 1 and 3 except that the rebent portion of elements 6 are bentin a direction toward the pail to which the device is applied so thatthe ends of the wire forming the device engage the outside of the pail 2and grip it firmly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

Means for supporting a paint brush in a horizontal position over a paintpail, comprising a length of wire bent to form upwardly extending loopsat each end thereof, one side of each loop engaging the inside of thepail and the other side of the loop engaging the outside of the pail andthe free ends of the wire being rebent in curvilinear shape tofacilitate application of the brush support on the paint pail.

HERMAN JONAI-I DUNN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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